Although Pebble, one of the pioneers of smartwatches, was acquired by Fitbit for $40 million back in 2017 and was discontinued later, a group of developers dubbed Rebble decided to support the existing Pebble smartwatches by building supported firmware as well as a dedicated app store. Now, a developer named Harrison Allen has developed a full-fledged replica of Nintendo’s popular Pokemon game to run on Pebble smartwatches.
Dubbed Pebblemon, the new Pokemon game runs on Pebble smartwatches and enables users to go on “mini Pokemon adventure” right on their wrists. The game uses simple graphics and easy-to-use controls to deliver a healthy dose of nostalgia for users.
Now, following the release of Pebblemon, founder of Pebble Eric Migicovsky shared a tweet along with a short video showcasing the game running on a Pebble smartwatch. In the tweet, Migicovsky praised the developer community for “STILL building new game engines and beautiful games like Pebblemon” for existing Pebble smartwatches. You can check out his tweet attached right below.
5 years on and devs like linksky are STILL building new game engines and beautiful games like Pebblemon for @Pebble. Incredible! https://t.co/gNJhJZb6qT pic.twitter.com/BU7FxSDwlm
